Jonathan Leigh-Hunt > Marriott Harrison LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Marriott Harrison LLP
80 Cheapside
LONDON
EC2V 6EE
England

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Partner and Head of Corporate at Marriott Harrison with a focus on private equity, M&A and venture capital. Acts not only for private equity/venture houses and other funders but also for management teams, owners and investee companies on a wide range of transactions, including acquisitions, disposals and general corporate matters.

Career

Joined Marriott Harrison, 2002, qualified in 2004,  Partner since 2012.

Memberships

Law Society; British Venture Capital Association

Education

Uppingham School; King’s College London (1992 BA); College of Law, London

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m

Marriott Harrison LLP fields a ‘commercially agile’ corporate team, well regarded for its capabilities in advising progressive private corporate and leading investors on the full scope of M&A transactions. The team has been increasingly active on cross-border M&A transactions aimed at venture capital backed businesses in the last year. Practice head Jonathan Leigh-Hunt acts for a diverse roster of clients – including management teams, owners and investee companies – on a host of corporate transactions. Ben Devons has experience across the media, technology, retail and professional services sectors, and has been described as a practitioner who is ‘calm, composed but robustly defends clients on key issues.’